Kentucky Derby News

May 23, 2020

Smooth Like Strait Runs Them Off Their Feet in $100,000 War Chant

Cannon Thoroughbreds LLC’s homebred Smooth Like Strait dueled Island Commish for most of the race before he put away that rival with three-sixteenths of a mile to run and comfortably won Saturday’s inaugural $100,000 War Chant presented by...

May 23, 2020

Breeders' Cup Winner Sharing Prevails in $100,000 Tepin

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (Grade I) winner Sharing was victorious in her 3-year-old debut when she beat Abscond by a half-length in Saturday’s first running of the $100,000 Tepin presented by Woodford Reserve at Churchill Downs.
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May 22, 2020

Attachment Rate 'New Shooter' for Romans in Matt Winn

With trainer Dale Romans’ highly-regarded Kentucky Derby prospect Dennis’ Moment on the sidelines, the Churchill Downs all-time leading conditioner hopes Jim Bakke and Gerald Isbister’s $150,000 Matt Winn Stakes (Grade III) contender...

May 22, 2020

Two Races Added to Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby

Churchill Downs Racetrack today announced that two races would be added to the “Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve,” the series of races that could produce a starter in America’s greatest race.
The extended...

May 21, 2020

Walsh Anxiously Awaiting Maxfield's Return in Saturday's $150,000 Matt Winn

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, May 21, 2020) – Godolphin’s Maxfield was made the 5-2 morning...

May 21, 2020

Mr Dumas Down Ritzy A.P. in Thursday Feature

Mr Dumas collared pacesetter Ritzy A.P. with a furlong to run and drew away in the final stages to win Thursday’s $84,595 feature race at Churchill Downs by a half-length. Casa Creed and 6-5 favorite Front Run the Fed, finished third and fourth,...

May 20, 2020

Maxfield Takes on Major Fed, Ny Traffic in Grade III, $150,000 Matt Winn

Godolphin’s undefeated Grade I winner Maxfield is set to face 11 rivals, including Lloyd Madison Farm’s Risen Star (GII) runner-up Major Fed and John Fanelli, Cash is King and Paul Braverman’s Louisiana Derby (GII) runner-up Ny Traffic,...

May 20, 2020

Multiple Graded Stakes Winners Owendale, Mr. Money Clash in $100,000 Blame

Multiple graded stakes winners Mr. Money and Owendale headline a solid field of 14 older horses in Saturday’s first running of the $100,000 Blame presented by Norton Healthcare – a potential steppingstone to the $500,000 Stephen Foster (Grade...

May 20, 2020

Grade I Winner Dunbar Road Headlines $100,000 Shawnee

Peter Brant’s $600,000 Alabama (GI) winner Dunbar Road is set for her 4-year-old debut as she’ll face seven rivals that entered Saturday’s $100,000 Shawnee Stakes presented by TwinSpires.com – part of “Stephen Foster Preview...

May 20, 2020

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Winner Sharing Back in $100,000 Tepin

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Gainesway Stable’s $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (Grade I) winner Sharing is set to make her 3-year-old debut in Saturday’s first running of the $100,000 Tepin Stakes presented by Woodford...

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